There’s a great scene in Good Will Hunting where Ben Affleck tells Matt Damon the best moment of his day is when he walks from the car to the door in the hopes that when he knocks, Will (Damon’s character) won’t be there anymore.

He didn’t say goodbye–just got up and left.

I relate to this scene because my favorite part of the day is when I pull up to my daughter’s daycare. I take her out of the car and we have these few moments where we run to the door, really fast.

And she laughs the entire way.

Then we get inside, do our drop-off routine and she’s off.

In that moment from the car to the door, I forget about any frustrations, lack of sleep or things I have to do for the day.

Anything else on my mind is just gone.

I’m very lucky in that I get another moment like this when I pick up my son from school. He gets his stuff together, then we run from the door to the car and I ask him how his day was.

It’s those two times in the day that I get to be fully present in the moment.

I get to forget everything else that’s on my mind and just enjoy the joy of my family.

I’m thankful I get those two moments in the day.

I’m cherishing those moments.

Because they’re not going to last forever.

All things happen within their season… and then they’re gone.